Marissa

“Love unrequited is violent. He loves you so much that he's turned it into hate.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever

“Because even if the lie is beautiful, the truth is what you face in the end.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever

“I figured it out eventually," she says. She's sitting on the edge of the gurney again; her features slowly materialize as my vision clears. "It's momentum."

"What?" I whisper. The feeling returning to my lips, spreading out to my fingertips and toes.

"Momentum," she repeats. "You can't just stand there if you want something to fly. You have to run.”
― Lauren DeStefano, Fever

“Just because you don't want to see something doesn't mean that it will go away. Do you think inhumanity doesn't exist if you pretend not to see it? Or maybe get too drunk to understand? We've forgotten the things that make life worthwhile.”
― Bethany Griffin, Masque of the Red Death